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Friday, May 24, 2013

May 25, 2013: It's my wife's birthday and I have 50 reasons not to tell her age.

The first day of
summer break is here and it’s also my wife’s birthday. I won’t tell how old
Deana is but it starts with a 5 and ends with a 0 and has no digits in between.
This is also our 25th year of marriage (October 14) and, not to tell
her age but she has been married as long as she was single. And, also in the
spirit of not telling her age, at 51 I am only one year older than her, at
least until July 7th. “Happy 50th birthday, Deana Jean.”
Oops, did I say that out loud?

On this date in 1908,
55 years before my wife was born, Barbara Luddy was born in Great Falls,
Montana. Barbara was the voice of Kanga for a bunch of Pooh stuff including The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, the
voice of Rover in One Hundred and One
Dalmatians, Merryweather in Sleeping
Beauty and Lady in Lady and the
Tramp. Since it’s my wife’s birthday, let’s celebrate with a romantic
dinner at Tony’s in The Magic Kingdom where your wait staff can get Lady and
Tramp’s autograph for you.

Nineteen years before
my beloved Deana Jean was born, in 1944, Frank Oz was born in Hereford,
England. Frank has been a puppeteer, actor and film director. Mr. Oz began his
directing career with The Dark Crystal and
also directed What about Bob? for
Touchstone Pictures. You definitely know Oz’s voice as he is the voice of
Fungus in Monsters, Inc., Fozzie
Bear, Sam the Eagle, Bert, Grover and, lest we forget, Yoda. My wife, who is
one year older than 49 today, loves Muppets 3D, so let’s honor her and Frank Oz
by visiting that attraction at Hollywood Studios.

Quickies:

1968: Kevin Heffernan
is born. Kevin played Ron Wilson, bus driver, in one of my favorite Disney
movies, Sky High. He is five years
younger than my wife who was born in 1963.

1936 (which is the
same numbers as the year my wife was born, 1963): Tom T. Hall from Olive Hill,
Kentucky was born. Tom T. Hall is a classic country singer and songwriter and
is basically a local boy. Hall songs include: “Harper Valley, PTA,” “Sneaky
Snake,” and “I like Beer.” Let’s visit that old “sneaky snake” Jafar in
Fantasmic at Hollywood Studios.

Today is Geek Pride Day. Do you think it’s a
coincidence that Deana married me when her birthday is Geek Pride Day? Hey,
we’re proud of each other. Go to Innoventions at EPCOT, it’s a geek paradise.

Remember, your best excuse is always: waiting on
your dreams to come true.

About Me

Lifelong resident of the Tri-State area, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. Former Radio guy and present Science teacher at Louisa Middle School. Husband to Deana Hayes Hammond, father to Allison and Matt and drummer for the Singing Hayes Family.